during the clinton economy, it was reversed. top 1% took 45% and the bottom 95% -- excuse me, the bottom 99% took the remaining. 1% took 95%, 99% were left with 5%. income inequality. what do we do about it? how do we achieve the goals of president clinton when he talked about the american dream ? how do we achieve the goals of f.d.r. when he talked about our purpose, not to provide more for those who have great but to provide for those who have little? how can we do it? well, one way we can do it is along -- is a long american tradition dating back to george washington. in his first year in office, george washington called upon alexander hamilton, his treasury secretary, to figure out how to grow the american economy. they were interested in manufacturing. the united states was basically exporting raw materials to great britain. george washington wanted to build the american economy. so he said, alex, give me a plan. so alexander hamilton came back a couple months later with a plan, an economic development plan based on manufac